Nancy Zastudil – Hyperallergic https://hyperallergic.com/author/nancy-zastudil/ Sensitive to Art & its Discontents Sun, 13 Jul 2025 20:40:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/cropped-Hyperallergic-favicon-100x100.png Nancy Zastudil – Hyperallergic https://hyperallergic.com/author/nancy-zastudil/ 32 32 118955609 The Woman Behind the Iconic Glass House https://hyperallergic.com/1023465/edith-farnsworth-woman-behind-the-iconic-glass-house-nora-wendl/ https://hyperallergic.com/1023465/edith-farnsworth-woman-behind-the-iconic-glass-house-nora-wendl/#respond Sun, 13 Jul 2025 20:01:00 +0000 https://hyperallergic.com/?p=1023465 The life of Dr. Edith Farnsworth was long distorted by her dealings with Mies van der Rohe, who designed her glass house in Illinois. Almost Nothing asks us to take a closer look.]]>

The life of Dr. Edith Farnsworth was long distorted by her dealings with Mies van der Rohe, who designed her glass house in Illinois. Almost Nothing asks us to take a closer look.

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Five Art Books for Your July Reading List https://hyperallergic.com/1023590/five-art-books-for-your-july-2025-reading-list/ https://hyperallergic.com/1023590/five-art-books-for-your-july-2025-reading-list/#respond Wed, 02 Jul 2025 20:08:11 +0000 https://hyperallergic.com/?p=1023590 A new translation of a beloved Argentine comic, artists over 50 tell their stories, diasporic Puerto Rican art history, and more to enjoy by the seaside (or your A/C). ]]>

A new translation of a beloved Argentine comic, artists over 50 tell their stories, diasporic Puerto Rican art history, and more to enjoy by the seaside (or your A/C).

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A Mother and Daughter’s Lifelong Art Collaboration https://hyperallergic.com/1023756/mother-daughter-nora-eliza-naranjo-morse-lifelong-art-collaboration-blanton-museum-austin/ https://hyperallergic.com/1023756/mother-daughter-nora-eliza-naranjo-morse-lifelong-art-collaboration-blanton-museum-austin/#respond Tue, 01 Jul 2025 21:29:57 +0000 https://hyperallergic.com/?p=1023756 Nora Naranjo Morse’s colorful sculptures watch over the events and characters in her daughter Eliza’s paintings from their own unique perspectives.]]>

Nora Naranjo Morse’s colorful sculptures watch over the events and characters in her daughter Eliza’s paintings from their own unique perspectives.

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10 Art Books to Bring to the Beach This Summer https://hyperallergic.com/1006783/10-art-books-to-bring-to-the-beach-this-summer/ https://hyperallergic.com/1006783/10-art-books-to-bring-to-the-beach-this-summer/#respond Wed, 30 Apr 2025 21:21:41 +0000 https://hyperallergic.com/?p=1006783 The art of Marsha P. Johnson, Yoko Ono reappraised, Jack Whitten’s studio notebook, a fictional curator’s Greece trip goes awry, and more to read this season.]]>

The art of Marsha P. Johnson, Yoko Ono reappraised, Jack Whitten’s studio notebook, a fictional curator’s Greece trip goes awry, and more to read this season.

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Reading Georgia O’Keeffe Along Lines of Class and Race https://hyperallergic.com/1002807/randall-c-griffin-reading-georgia-okeeffe-along-lines-of-class-and-race/ https://hyperallergic.com/1002807/randall-c-griffin-reading-georgia-okeeffe-along-lines-of-class-and-race/#comments Sun, 13 Apr 2025 20:01:00 +0000 https://hyperallergic.com/?p=1002807 A new book sets its sights on the artist’s lesser-known post-war career and her negotiations of identity. ]]>

A new book sets its sights on the artist’s lesser-known post-war career and her negotiations of identity.

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The Monstrous Empathy of Amaryllis R. Flowers https://hyperallergic.com/992661/the-monstrous-empathy-of-amaryllis-r-flowers/ https://hyperallergic.com/992661/the-monstrous-empathy-of-amaryllis-r-flowers/#respond Thu, 27 Feb 2025 20:53:07 +0000 https://hyperallergic.com/?p=992661 In her art, Flowers thinks about monster mythology and autonomy as they relate to the all-too-human experience of feeling unwanted and out of place.]]>

In her art, Flowers thinks about monster mythology and autonomy as they relate to the all-too-human experience of feeling unwanted and out of place.

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Zoë Zimmerman’s Photography Is a Search for Meaning https://hyperallergic.com/985923/zoe-zimmerman-photography-is-a-search-for-meaning-fechin-house/ https://hyperallergic.com/985923/zoe-zimmerman-photography-is-a-search-for-meaning-fechin-house/#comments Mon, 27 Jan 2025 22:12:23 +0000 https://hyperallergic.com/?p=985923 By creating still life photographs from the everyday items of a historic Taos family, Zimmerman inserts herself and viewers into the personal history of others. ]]>

By creating still life photographs from the everyday items of a historic Taos family, Zimmerman inserts herself and viewers into the personal history of others. 

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Weaving Through the History of Diné Textiles https://hyperallergic.com/969209/weaving-through-the-history-of-dine-textiles-miac-santa-fe/ https://hyperallergic.com/969209/weaving-through-the-history-of-dine-textiles-miac-santa-fe/#respond Tue, 26 Nov 2024 21:43:25 +0000 https://hyperallergic.com/?p=969209 Horizons: Weaving Between the Lines with Diné Textiles brings together varied stylistic traditions and artists of different centuries to display the breadth of Diné weaving.]]>

Horizons: Weaving Between the Lines with Diné Textiles brings together varied stylistic traditions and artists of different centuries to display the breadth of Diné weaving.

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Art That Rides the Radio Waves to Resistance https://hyperallergic.com/968408/art-that-rides-the-radio-waves-to-resistance-albuquerque-museum/ https://hyperallergic.com/968408/art-that-rides-the-radio-waves-to-resistance-albuquerque-museum/#respond Thu, 21 Nov 2024 22:20:33 +0000 https://hyperallergic.com/?p=968408 In Broken Boxes artists share stories about their lives and experiences instead of relying solely on institutional didactics to “explain” what their work is about.]]>

In Broken Boxes artists share stories about their lives and experiences instead of relying solely on institutional didactics to “explain” what their work is about.

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Artists Embrace the Monsters That We Make https://hyperallergic.com/958601/artists-embrace-the-monsters-that-we-make-gerald-peters-contemporary/ https://hyperallergic.com/958601/artists-embrace-the-monsters-that-we-make-gerald-peters-contemporary/#respond Wed, 16 Oct 2024 21:58:49 +0000 https://hyperallergic.com/?p=958601 Real or imagined, the monsters envisioned in the show Among Monsters do not exist without us.]]>

Real or imagined, the monsters envisioned in the show Among Monsters do not exist without us.

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The Farm at Black Mountain College You Didn’t Know Existed https://hyperallergic.com/954310/the-farm-at-black-mountain-college-you-didnt-know-existed-david-silver/ https://hyperallergic.com/954310/the-farm-at-black-mountain-college-you-didnt-know-existed-david-silver/#comments Mon, 30 Sep 2024 21:42:10 +0000 https://hyperallergic.com/?p=954310 A new book centers the voices of those whose hands built the historic school and whose dreams shaped its programs, all of which involved a little-known farm. ]]>

A new book centers the voices of those whose hands built the historic school and whose dreams shaped its programs, all of which involved a little-known farm.

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Rosemary Meza-DesPlas Draws on the Power of Hair https://hyperallergic.com/942518/rosemary-meza-desplas-draws-on-the-power-of-hair/ https://hyperallergic.com/942518/rosemary-meza-desplas-draws-on-the-power-of-hair/#respond Tue, 03 Sep 2024 20:14:33 +0000 https://hyperallergic.com/?p=942518 “Drawing” with her own hair, the artist addresses cultural stereotypes and sociopolitical issues including feminism, personal agency, and aging. ]]>

“Drawing” with her own hair, the artist addresses cultural stereotypes and sociopolitical issues including feminism, personal agency, and aging.

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The Queer Artists Who Helped Shape the Southwest https://hyperallergic.com/938981/new-mexico-museum-of-art-out-west/ https://hyperallergic.com/938981/new-mexico-museum-of-art-out-west/#respond Sun, 18 Aug 2024 20:00:00 +0000 https://hyperallergic.com/?p=938981 Out West has no strict or static boundaries, no assumptions about or prescriptions for what 20th-century “queer art” in the region may have been.]]>

Out West has no strict or static boundaries, no assumptions about or prescriptions for what 20th-century “queer art” in the region may have been.

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Will There Be Fish This Year? https://hyperallergic.com/940797/will-there-be-fish-this-year-dominick-porras-roswell-museum/ https://hyperallergic.com/940797/will-there-be-fish-this-year-dominick-porras-roswell-museum/#respond Wed, 07 Aug 2024 20:27:59 +0000 https://hyperallergic.com/?p=940797 Texture, pattern, repetition, and practice combine with chance and the reality of climate change in the work of Dominick Porras. ]]>

Texture, pattern, repetition, and practice combine with chance and the reality of climate change in the work of Dominick Porras.

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Harmony Hammond’s Ongoing Revolution https://hyperallergic.com/924019/harmony-hammond-ongoing-revolution/ https://hyperallergic.com/924019/harmony-hammond-ongoing-revolution/#comments Sun, 09 Jun 2024 20:03:00 +0000 https://hyperallergic.com/?p=924019 The mainstream art world might finally be catching up with Hammond, who has been breaking barriers for more than six decades.]]>

The mainstream art world might finally be catching up with Hammond, who has been breaking barriers for more than six decades.

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Celia Álvarez Muñoz Unbinds the Artist Book https://hyperallergic.com/870378/celia-alvarez-munoz-unbinds-the-artists-book/ https://hyperallergic.com/870378/celia-alvarez-munoz-unbinds-the-artists-book/#respond Thu, 15 Feb 2024 22:12:52 +0000 https://hyperallergic.com/?p=870378 The artist’s work embodies a level of confrontation that makes me contemplate our choices to explore or ignore what’s right in front of our face.]]>

The artist’s work embodies a level of confrontation that makes me contemplate our choices to explore or ignore what’s right in front of our face.

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The Democratic Power of the Risograph https://hyperallergic.com/856227/the-democratic-power-of-the-risograph/ https://hyperallergic.com/856227/the-democratic-power-of-the-risograph/#respond Mon, 13 Nov 2023 20:42:00 +0000 https://hyperallergic.com/?p=856227 The risograph’s handmade aesthetic has become associated with posters, broadsheets, zines, and pamphlets, and has been embraced by small publishers.]]>

The risograph’s handmade aesthetic has become associated with posters, broadsheets, zines, and pamphlets, and has been embraced by small publishers.

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Renny Pritikin’s Adventures in Bay Area Art https://hyperallergic.com/853222/renny-pritikin-adventures-in-bay-area-art/ https://hyperallergic.com/853222/renny-pritikin-adventures-in-bay-area-art/#respond Mon, 30 Oct 2023 21:36:59 +0000 https://hyperallergic.com/?p=853222 The curator, writer, and teacher’s memoir winds its way through his four-decade career, arriving, geographically and conceptually, back where he started. ]]>

The curator, writer, and teacher’s memoir winds its way through his four-decade career, arriving, geographically and conceptually, back where he started.

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Jane Lackey’s String Theory https://hyperallergic.com/843609/jane-lackeys-string-theory/ https://hyperallergic.com/843609/jane-lackeys-string-theory/#comments Sun, 10 Sep 2023 20:01:00 +0000 https://hyperallergic.com/?p=843609 Lackey’s “cut paintings” bring to the forefront the often invisible or rarely acknowledged experiences of connection.]]>

Lackey’s “cut paintings” bring to the forefront the often invisible or rarely acknowledged experiences of connection.

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The Art of Being Alone, Together https://hyperallergic.com/840283/the-art-of-being-alone-together-presence-in-the-pause-bemis-center-omaha/ https://hyperallergic.com/840283/the-art-of-being-alone-together-presence-in-the-pause-bemis-center-omaha/#respond Thu, 24 Aug 2023 19:30:51 +0000 https://hyperallergic.com/?p=840283 In a group show, women artists look at the physical experience of the pause — of being in places where time and memory loosen their grip, making way for what’s next.]]>

In a group show, women artists look at the physical experience of the pause — of being in places where time and memory loosen their grip, making way for what’s next.

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The Art World Isn’t Enough https://hyperallergic.com/835758/the-art-world-isnt-enough-sher-crider/ https://hyperallergic.com/835758/the-art-world-isnt-enough-sher-crider/#respond Sun, 06 Aug 2023 20:00:00 +0000 https://hyperallergic.com/?p=835758 Albuquerque artist sheri crider uses her work to transform people’s lives and create actionable change in criminal justice reform.]]>

Albuquerque artist sheri crider uses her work to transform people’s lives and create actionable change in criminal justice reform.

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Can Artists Channel the Force of Water? https://hyperallergic.com/824143/can-artists-channel-the-force-of-water-site-santa-fe/ https://hyperallergic.com/824143/can-artists-channel-the-force-of-water-site-santa-fe/#respond Wed, 31 May 2023 20:02:01 +0000 https://hyperallergic.com/?p=824143 Going with the Flow explores the role of water in the Southwest amid the 23-year drought, but neglects the ongoing tug of war due to water mandates and drought. ]]>

Going with the Flow explores the role of water in the Southwest amid the 23-year drought, but neglects the ongoing tug of war due to water mandates and drought.

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Modest Perspectives on Printmaking https://hyperallergic.com/800672/modest-perspectives-on-printmaking-garo-antreasian-phyllis-sloane/ https://hyperallergic.com/800672/modest-perspectives-on-printmaking-garo-antreasian-phyllis-sloane/#respond Tue, 14 Feb 2023 21:59:52 +0000 https://hyperallergic.com/?p=800672 Carried Impressions: Lithographs and Monoprints from the 1960s doesn’t demand the spotlight, but it’s ripe for exploration.]]>

Carried Impressions: Lithographs and Monoprints from the 1960s doesn’t demand the spotlight, but it’s ripe for exploration.

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Tales of Endurance Etched on Vinyl  https://hyperallergic.com/799353/tales-of-endurance-etched-on-vinyl-marisa-demarco-adri-de-la-cruz/ https://hyperallergic.com/799353/tales-of-endurance-etched-on-vinyl-marisa-demarco-adri-de-la-cruz/#respond Thu, 09 Feb 2023 20:20:00 +0000 https://hyperallergic.com/?p=799353 The semi-durational installation The Mountains Wore Down to the Valleys poetically frames the challenges of the pandemic, and more.]]>

The semi-durational installation The Mountains Wore Down to the Valleys poetically frames the challenges of the pandemic, and more.

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A Spotlight on Navajo Filmmaker Blackhorse Lowe https://hyperallergic.com/726390/a-spotlight-on-navajo-filmmaker-blackhorse-lowe/ https://hyperallergic.com/726390/a-spotlight-on-navajo-filmmaker-blackhorse-lowe/#respond Sun, 26 Jun 2022 20:02:00 +0000 https://hyperallergic.com/?p=726390 “I’m focused on contemporary Native American stories, the modern-day ups and downs of that lifestyle, but I’m not trying to do it in a traditional manner,” the award-winning filmmaker told Hyperallergic in an interview.]]>

“I’m focused on contemporary Native American stories, the modern-day ups and downs of that lifestyle, but I’m not trying to do it in a traditional manner,” the award-winning filmmaker told Hyperallergic in an interview.

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The Cross-Border Work of the Rubin Center’s New Curator  https://hyperallergic.com/728305/the-cross-border-work-of-the-rubin-centers-new-curator/ https://hyperallergic.com/728305/the-cross-border-work-of-the-rubin-centers-new-curator/#comments Mon, 06 Jun 2022 21:13:21 +0000 https://hyperallergic.com/?p=728305 “Artists are the key people who are helping us to think differently and better about not just the future, but the past and the present,” said Laura August, who’s been chosen to lead the Visual Arts center at the University of Texas at El Paso. ]]>

“Artists are the key people who are helping us to think differently and better about not just the future, but the past and the present,” said Laura August, who’s been chosen to lead the Visual Arts center at the University of Texas at El Paso.

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Artist Paula Castillo Returns to Her Rural Roots https://hyperallergic.com/720475/artist-paula-castillo-returns-to-her-rural-roots/ https://hyperallergic.com/720475/artist-paula-castillo-returns-to-her-rural-roots/#respond Tue, 12 Apr 2022 21:40:00 +0000 https://hyperallergic.com/?p=720475 Castillo's decision to install her work in a rural campus gallery space drives home the fact that art can, perhaps must, be a daily experience.]]>

Castillo's decision to install her work in a rural campus gallery space drives home the fact that art can, perhaps must, be a daily experience.

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Shining a Light on the Art of the Printmaker https://hyperallergic.com/720232/shining-a-light-on-the-art-of-the-printmaker/ https://hyperallergic.com/720232/shining-a-light-on-the-art-of-the-printmaker/#respond Mon, 04 Apr 2022 19:35:32 +0000 https://hyperallergic.com/?p=720232 When prints are exhibited, the printer is generally not credited as co-creator of the work and often the print publisher or workshop is not named. ]]>

When prints are exhibited, the printer is generally not credited as co-creator of the work and often the print publisher or workshop is not named.

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Transcendental Painting Lives on in New Mexico and Beyond https://hyperallergic.com/709740/transcendental-painting-lives-on-in-new-mexico-and-beyond/ https://hyperallergic.com/709740/transcendental-painting-lives-on-in-new-mexico-and-beyond/#respond Tue, 08 Feb 2022 22:07:00 +0000 https://hyperallergic.com/?p=709740 The group of self-identified idealists, active until 1942, created nonrepresentational paintings of and from the creative imagination.]]>

The group of self-identified idealists, active until 1942, created nonrepresentational paintings of and from the creative imagination.

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Silver as a Lens Into Santa Fe and Its “Place in the Myth of the American West” https://hyperallergic.com/698847/nathan-young-activation-transformation-santa-fe/ https://hyperallergic.com/698847/nathan-young-activation-transformation-santa-fe/#respond Sun, 12 Dec 2021 22:05:00 +0000 https://hyperallergic.com/?p=698847 Upon invitation from the Wheelwright Museum, Nathan Young has created an installation of bridles, bow guards, belt buckles, and cigarette holders ranging from the 19th century to the present.]]>

Upon invitation from the Wheelwright Museum, Nathan Young has created an installation of bridles, bow guards, belt buckles, and cigarette holders ranging from the 19th century to the present.

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New Mexico Artists Explore Creativity and Activism Through NFTs https://hyperallergic.com/687292/new-mexico-artists-explore-creativity-and-activism-through-nfts/ https://hyperallergic.com/687292/new-mexico-artists-explore-creativity-and-activism-through-nfts/#respond Sun, 07 Nov 2021 21:08:00 +0000 https://hyperallergic.com/?p=687292 Cryptoart is being generated by artists looking for something that the conventional art world can’t, or won’t, offer them.]]>

Cryptoart is being generated by artists looking for something that the conventional art world can’t, or won’t, offer them.

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